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John William Waterhouse English Pre-Raphaelite Painter, 1849-1917
English painter. His father was a minor English painter working in Rome. Waterhouse entered the Royal Academy Schools in London in 1870. He exhibited at the Society of British Artists from 1872 and at the Royal Academy from 1874. From 1877 to the 1880s he regularly travelled abroad, particularly to Italy. In the early 1870s he had produced a few uncharacteristic Orientalist keepsake paintings, but most of his works in this period are scenes from ancient history or classical genre subjects, similar to the work of Lawrence Alma-Tadema (e.g. Consulting the Oracle, c. 1882; London, Tate). However, Waterhouse consistently painted on a larger scale than Alma-Tadema. His brushwork is bolder, his sunlight casts harsher shadows and his history paintings are more dramatic.
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Painting ID:: 74155 Missal
Date 1902
Medium Oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 74166 Danaides
Date 1903(1903)
Medium Oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 74327 Beatrice
circa 1915
Oil on canvas
19.3 x 24.4 in (49.0 x 62.0 cm
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Painting ID:: 74579 Penelope and the Suitors
Penelope and the Suitors (1912). Oil on canvas. 131 x 191 cm.
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Painting ID:: 74840 Gather Ye Rosebuds
John William Waterhouse - 'Gather Ye Rosebuds,' or, 'Ophelia' (study - ca. 1908, oil on canvas, 79 x 57 cm)
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John William Waterhouse
English Pre-Raphaelite Painter, 1849-1917
English painter. His father was a minor English painter working in Rome. Waterhouse entered the Royal Academy Schools in London in 1870. He exhibited at the Society of British Artists from 1872 and at the Royal Academy from 1874. From 1877 to the 1880s he regularly travelled abroad, particularly to Italy. In the early 1870s he had produced a few uncharacteristic Orientalist keepsake paintings, but most of his works in this period are scenes from ancient history or classical genre subjects, similar to the work of Lawrence Alma-Tadema (e.g. Consulting the Oracle, c. 1882; London, Tate). However, Waterhouse consistently painted on a larger scale than Alma-Tadema. His brushwork is bolder, his sunlight casts harsher shadows and his history paintings are more dramatic.
. Related Artists to John William Waterhouse: | Edward Beyer | Laurent de la Hyre | Andre Gill | Feuer im Dorf | Kole Idromeno |
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